China has issued new Internet regulations, including what appears to be an effort to create a "whitelist" of approved websites that could potentially place much of the Internet off-limits to Chinese readers.
U.S. Senate Democrats cleared the second of three 60-vote hurdles on President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, moving the landmark legislation one step closer to passage by Christmas. For the second
Revenue from tourism continued to decline in November, falling by 15.7% over the same month of the previous year to EUR 61.0 mln in November, from EUR 72.4 mln in November 2008.
Moody's cut Greece's debt to A2 from A1 on Tuesday over soaring deficits, becoming the third major rating agency to downgrade the highly-indebted country's rating this month. Greece has been in turmoil
Britain's economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the third quarter of this year, a smaller upward revision than expected after stronger construction ouput was offset by a weakening in the services and
OPEC oil producers agreed on Tuesday to keep output restrictions unchanged, an OPEC delegate told Reuters. Supply curbs by the 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have helped recession-hit oil prices
World stocks rose for a second day running on Tuesday and oil also gained on rising expectations of U.S. economic recovery, which sent U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar higher. The euro
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.28 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.27 percent and Nasdaq 100
Oil rose to around $74 per barrel on Tuesday as OPEC met to decide output targets and ahead of data expected to show a fall in crude and distillate inventories in the
Britain's top share index rose 0.7 percent in early trade on Tuesday as energy stocks, buoyed by firming crude prices, led a broad-based rally ahead of the final reading for UK Q3
